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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known'that I, ELI YORK, of' Vlindsor, in the county of Shelby, and State of' Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Portable Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description'thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ci' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of my improved fence, taken through the line x x, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a. side view of a portion of my improved fence. v

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention'has for its object to furnish an improved self-supporting portable fence, quickly and easily put up and tal-:en down, and readily transported from plhce to place; and it consists, irst, in an improved fonce, formed by combining:r the posts, mud-sills, braces, boards, and connecting-bars, with each other, as hereinafter more fully described; and, second, in forming'the racks in combination with the fence by attaching slots or cross-bers to the braces and posts, as hereinfter more fully described.

A are the fence posts, the lower ends of which are framed into the ends oi' the mud-sills B, as shown in figs. I and 2. C are braces, the ends of which enter notches or mortises formed in the posts A and mud sills B, and are secured in place by nails or spikes, as shown in Iig. 1. The posts A and mnd-sills B may be of any desired length or size, and may be set at any desired distance apart. The ends oi' the boards or planks D, which form the panels, should project considerably beyond the posts A, so that they may be overlapped in connecting the panels with each other, more or less, as the builder of the fence may require. E are the connectingbars, by means of which the ends of the adjacent panels are secured to each other. These bars consist of two vertical bars,4 one on each side of thefenc'e, connected together at their tops by a block of a thickness equalV to that 'of the overlapped ends of the boards or planks that form the panels. This block lits into a notch formed in the upper edges of the top boards, as' shown in dotted lines in iig. 2, and the bars E are secured in place by pins passing through holes formed through thesaid bars and the overlapped ends of the boards; or the bars E may be secured to each other and to the overlapped ends ci' the boards-or planks D by a pin or key made somewhat in the forni and operated in the manner of the key of an oir-bow, passingthroug'n the said bars E beneath the lower boards or planks D, of the panels. This will 'usually be suicient to hold the fence securely; but if desired, the builder may apply one or more similar keys through thesaid bars E, and through the overlapped ends of the boards or planks D. In erecting the fence, avcorner is turned by attaching a vertical bar F to the side of the corner post by pins or spikes, said bar beingkept at such a distance from the post as to allow they insertion of the ends of the boards of the adjacent panel by blocks or separating pieces inserted between the said bar and the post, as shown in iig. 2. The feed-racks are formed by attaching slats or cross-bars G to the braces C, as shown in 1 and 2, and small stock may be kept fromlgetting into the racks by'attaching slats,7 H, to the braces C and posts A, as shown in hg. 1. In erecting the fence, the mud-sills and racks may all project on the same side of the fence, or some may be on one side and some on the other, astlie circumstances of the case or the convenience of the builder may render advisable. I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the post A, mud-sills B, braces C, planks D, connecting-bars E, and cross-bars G, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

ELI YORK.

Witnesses:

H.l F. Sursee, B. H. LOGAN. 

